Agenda and draft minutes
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were provided by Councillors Ross Melton and Adrian Pascu-Tulbure.
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Declaration of Interests If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority’s register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent.
At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter. The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.
Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.
Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Standards Committee. Minutes:
In relation to Item 4, the Chair, Councillor Nikos Souslous declared that he worked for a local charity in 2021 and applied for and received a grant from the Earl’s Court Development Company on behalf of the organisation. He confirmed he would consider the application with an open mind and on its merits. He participated in the meeting and voted on the item.
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To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 11 November 2025 as an accurate record. Minutes: The minutes of the previous meeting held on 11 November 2025 were agreed as an accurate record.
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Minutes: An addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report.
A verbal update to the Addendum was also provided, adding two further Heads of Terms as follows: • The retention of architect and landscape architect as part of the detailed design stages, to safeguard the design intent. • The provision and retention of a free to enter publicly accessible roof terrace (including the submission of a Publicly Accessible Roof Terrace Management Plan).
John Sanchez, Catherine Slade and Allan Jones provided a presentation.
Before the registered speakers addressed the Committee, the Chair confirmed that due to the complexity of the application, he would use his discretion and permit an extended speaking time of 10 minutes at the meeting. This was agreed by the Committee.
No objectors had registered to speak. The Chief Executive Officer, Head of Design, and Head of Planning of The Earl’s Court Development Company, and a local resident addressed the Committee in support.
Councillor Florian Chevoppe-Verdier and Councillor Daryl Brown, ward Councillors for West Kensington addressed the Committee.
The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as amended by the Addendum and verbal Addendum as follows:
Recommendation 1:
FOR Unanimous AGAINST: 0 NOT VOTING: 0
Recommendation 2:
FOR: Unanimous AGAINST: 0 NOT VOTING: 0
RESOLVED
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